Shrinking of unorganised sector is a "positive" indicator of development and the government will prepare a separate data on unorganised workers in India, Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar told the the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Responding to the supplementaries during Question Hour, the Minister said, "...Our ministry will prepare a national data on unorganised sector." There is no separate published data for unorganised sector as a whole. "However, the shrinking of unorganised sector is a positive indicator of development," he said in his written reply. The Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act stipulates the formulation of suitable welfare schemes for unorganised workers.

Source: dna July 17, 2019 12:10 UTC